CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION . . vii 



MY GARDEN ACQUAINTANCE .... I 



A GOOD WORD FOR WINTER . . . .21 



ON A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION IN FOREIGNERS . 48 



A GREAT PUBLIC CHARACTER . . . -73 



ABRAHAM LINCOLN . . . . . . IOI 



THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES GATES PERCIVAL . 125 



THOREAU . . . . . . .137 



EMERSON THE LECTURER , . , . .152 



CARLYLE . . . . . . . l6l 



SWINBURNE S TRAGEDIES . . . . .191 



CHAUCER . . . . . . .205 



DRYDEN . , . , - 262 



POPE ..... . 335 



